Reaction Post Week 2_TJ Being a Contribution

Wk2 Reading: Being a Contribution
TJ Wrote from blog
http://web.me.com/tjmacky1/TJs_Blog_Spot/Media_Asset_and_Creation/Entries/2010/2/9_Wk_2_Reading__Being_a_Contribution.html#

It comes in many forms: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, pay it forward, lend a hand, be a contributor.... What it boils down to is opening yourself up to inviting good things to happen in your life. When you look at your role in life as if you were a contributor rather than playing an expected role, you open yourself up to new and unexpected possibilities.

When we take the “safe” or expected road in life, we doom ourselves to repeat mistakes, our own and/or those of our parents and others around us. We blame for our “lot” in life and do little to change or improve our position. When we make a choice to change our role in life to that of a contributor, it affects us as well as those around us, usually in a positive way. Going with the status quo may be the safe or known road, but why not take a chance on life, shake it up and help yourself become all tha you are capable of becoming.

Sources:

circleofcontribution Clip Art retrieved from Microsoft Office Online: j04410371.jpg

Video: We Can Make Difference by Harold Payne by Linda Graham retrieved from http://vimeo.com/2579767

Reaction to post:

TJ, I can remember this comment echoing my childhood, as my younger sister and I would argue. Then now as a parent I hear myself saying these words to my sons “Do unto to others as you would have them do to you”. As a parent we contribute to life of our children, we as educators also contribute to the children in our classes. We are living role models in our life as parents and as educators. Our paths in life are directed by our actions and we can improve our positions by making intelligent decisions to better the life around us. Obstacles will come our way; it is how we deal with these obstacles that will dictate our intelligence and our inner core of happiness. Welcome the obstacles as a life of learning and over coming them with the gift of bettering yourself.